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Chapter Nine
"Do you know how bad it is?" Dimitri asked as we made our way to where the fight was.
"Pretty bad. I can sense through the bond that Lissa's there and it doesn't seem to be going very well, I think I should check on Lissa to see what's happening."
I looked to my side to see Dimitri walking with an exhausted Lara leaning against him. Her eyes widened at the word 'bond.'
"You and your friend have the bond?" She asked, sounding surprised.
"Yeah, Lissa is a spirit user and she brought me back to life, so we are now bound together. And I'm guessing that you and Terra have the bond as well?"
Lara's eyes fell to the ground as she nodded.
"She saved my life. I knew that she was a spirit user before she brought me back, but after everything that's happened, I've started to believe that someone purposely killed me, knowing that Terra would bring me back."
Dimitri and I stayed silent, not daring to interrupt.
"I think it was the Stirgoi that turned Terra and captured me. She said that she had been watching us for a while now, and that Terra would serve to be an extremely important part in her plan. I begged for the Stirgoi woman to kill me, but she just laughed and said, 'I can't do that. I need you two to be bonded. Without the bond, Terra is no use to me.'"
Dimitri and I locked eyes when Lara had finished. We were right. Terra was shadow kissed.
"How are you going to stop her?" Lara asked.
"Lissa is going to use a stake induced with spirit to restore her back to her normal self. She'll be a Dhampir again," Dimitri said. I knew he would be thinking of his past as a Stirgoi. Even after all these years, it still haunted him.
"And that will really bring her back?" she asked, to afraid to believe that there really was a way to save her friend.
I looked over to Dimitri and remembered when I had first heard about the theory of restoring Stirgoi. But, here he was. Back to his normal self. So my voice was full of strong belief when I answered her.
"Yes, it really will."
The sound of fighting- and the nauseating feeling in my stomach- told us that we were close. The echo of cries and crashing grew louder as we headed towards the large doorway.
Knowing that Lara couldn't enter the fight, we found a bunch of boulders to place her behind, and told her to stay here until it was all over. She didn't look too pleased about this, but agreed to do as we said anyway. I gave Lara a small smile as I got to my feet. Turning around, I grabbed my stake out of its holder and followed Dimitri into the cave's room.
It was chaos. Stirgoi were everywhere, and there were already signs of guardians having been killed. My heart sank a little at this, but I pushed my feelings back and turned to the matter at hand.
Lissa- thankfully- was being tightly guarded and didn't seem to be hurt. My mum, Alberta, Christian, Eddie and two other guardians were all working together to make sure she didn't get attacked.
Feeling relieved, I continued to look around until I spotted the person I was after. Carly. And right next to her was Terra. She was standing completely motionless in the middle of the room, but with all the Stirgoi around, it would be impossible for Lissa to even get close to her, let alone stake her. We would have to first kill more Stirgoi before that could happen.
Hearing a scream from the other side of the room, I turned around to find Mason twisting the arm of young female guardian, trying to make her drop her stake. She looked scared out of her mind. I had debriefed all the guardians about Mason, but I don't think any of them had believed me. Not until now.
"I love you," were the last words I said to Dimitri before I raced off towards Mason. I couldn't even wait for a reply; for fear that I wouldn't be able to leave him if I did.
"Mason. stop!" I yelled when I was close enough for him to hear me. His whole body shook and went rigged when he heard my voice. "Let. Her. Go. And. Back. Away," I commanded, concentrating all my power into every letter I spoke. I could see him struggling as I walked closer to him, but eventually he caved and backed away.
My eyes stayed focused on his as I moved toward the injured guardian. She was in shock and in no state to fight or protect herself. I was almost by her side when Mason's stern face lifted into a smirk.
I held back a scream as I doubled over in pain. It felt as if someone had dug a knife into my back, but I knew that it was really Mason messing with my mind.
"You can't control me Rose, you're not strong enough."
Ignoring the pain, I straightened up and slowly made my way towards him.
"Maybe... not..." I said through gritted teeth, trying not to let the pain show. "But I'm strong... enough... to fight... you."
Mason's smirk just grew bigger at this. All of a sudden the pain in my back vanished. I felt completely fine, but when I looked back up to glare at Mason, he was right in front of me. His cool hands stroked my cheek as he leaned down to my ear.
"Prove it then," he hissed. Tensing my fist, I punched him in the face, glad to see that I could finally touch him. It seemed that I had enough control to be able to do that much. I swiped my stake at him, but he easily avoided it. Mason tried to grab my wrists, but I pushed him back with a kick to the stomach.
He stumbled a bit, but that was all I needed. I jerked my stake into his chest, hoping that it would have the same affect on... well whatever he was, as it did on Stirgoi. I was wrong. Mason just laughed as he ripped my stake out of his chest, snapping it in half before throwing it to the ground.
"I'm not a Stirgoi Rose; you can't kill me that way."
I shrugged, acting like it was no big deal that he had just destroyed my only stake.
"But, you'll still be dead before this day is over."
I smacked him in the face, using my nails to claw at his skin, but this only made him angry. His hand lashed out, but I dodged him, only to fall right into Clary's grip. She pushed me against the wall, holding me up by the throat.
I could see the fight clearly from this point of view. Dimitri and Christian were back to back, fighting against three Stirgoi and over where Terra stood where Alberta, my mum and Lissa. They were trying to sneak up on her, and I knew that by Alberta's movements that she was going to try and grab hold of Terra, so that Lissa could stake her. They thought that Terra was out of it, but when I realised that Mason was gone, I knew that she was aware of what was going on. It was a trap.
Carly, realising that I knew what was going on covered my mouth to stop me from warning them.
But that wasn't going to work. I bit down on her hand hard, and kicked her in the stomach with as much force as I could. She couldn't help but stumble back, allowing me to break free and race over to where the others were.
They were all so close now and I couldn't risk yelling out to them as it would only distract them. No, I had to get to Terra first.
I ran as fast as I could, but I knew that they were going to get there before me.
Noticing me from out of the corner of her eye, Lissa turned around to see me hurrying towards them. She could read my alarmed expression all over my face and immediately knew that they needed to stop.
Lissa rushed forward to grab Alberta's arm and pull her back. But they were already close enough for Terra to make her move.
I froze in horror at the sound of a knife entering someone's chest.
A familiar scream echoed throughout the cave.
So that's the end of chapter nine! I hope you all liked it!
Who do you think got stabbed? Lissa, Alberta or Janine? And will they die?
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